stressful one. “What to wear today?” is a question that will no longer have to be asked each morning before school. The desire to have the coolest and newest fashions is no longer a challenge for students who attend schools with uniform policies, at least not while at school. The challenges to put up with being teased or laughed at is no longer there. Gwynith, a student at Queen of Angles Catholic School said, “The good thing about uniforms is that everybody wears the same color… Having uniforms is a lot better because people can not talk about and laugh at your clothes.” We do, however, have the threat that some of the opposing students will not comply which could cause disciplinary problems or even cause them to drop out of school. The opportunities for the students are all positive ones. Simply put, they will have more opportunities to better their academic lives because the priority of fashion standards is gone. As Jean Anderson, principle of Queen of Angels said, “Instead of worrying about their clothes or what everyone else is wearing, kids focus on math and reading.” Parents will also enjoy the decreasing challenge of keeping their kids in the newest fashions. Since the average cost of three outfits can run about $130, the money issue will improve for them. Parents have had to struggle with deciding if what their kids are wearing is proper. You might even ask, is it ethical to let my daughter go to school in an almost transparent and skintight outfit? The students being at a school with a uniform policy would now solve this problem. Opposing sides of uniforms in schools say that forcing students to wear uniforms instead of what they want is a violation of their children’s rights as well as the law. They do however seem to be the minority. Most parents seem to support uniforms. The Longview Independent school district says they would support the decision for school u...
